obszöne

[ɔpsˈt͡søːnə]

/[ɔpsˈt͡søːnə]/ adj

The verdict

“obszöne” is uncommon German (frequency #71,673 among 14,908 “O” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,673
frequency rank, German
14,908
“O” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs obszön

Key facts for obszöne
PropertyValue
Headwordobszöne
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ɔpsˈt͡søːnə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#71,673
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “obszöne” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). obszöne lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

obszöne is uncommon German at frequency #71,673 among 14,908 “O” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɔpsˈt͡søːnə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

obszöne doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is obszöne, spelled O-B-S-Z-Ö-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs obszön
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs obszön
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs obszön
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs obszön
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs obszön
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs obszön
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs obszön
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs obszön
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs obszön

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "obszöne"?
"obszöne" is spelled O-B-S-Z-Ö-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɔpsˈt͡søːnə].
What does "obszöne" mean?
As an adjective, "obszöne" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs obszön
How do you pronounce "obszöne"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "obszöne" is [ɔpsˈt͡søːnə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "obszöne" come from?
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Using “obszöne”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is O-B-S-Z-Ö-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ɔpsˈt͡søːnə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list